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Rare Fossil Sheds Light On Dinosaur Evolutionary Tree

A team of paleontologists has unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur from a fossil bone bed in northern New Mexico.

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Radical Theories Offered On How To Slow Climate Change
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AT&T Likely To Add Data-Usage Based Fees
People spending hours watching video on their iPhones will soon find themselves being charged by AT&T for their heavy usage.


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Cassini Investigates 'Yin-Yang' Nature Of Iapetus
Extensive analyses and modeling of Cassini imaging and heat-mapping data have confirmed and extended previous ideas that migrating ice, triggered by infalling


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Radical Theories Offered On How To Slow Climate Change
Climate experts say geo-engineers are exploring radical new ways to combat Earth’s climate crisis, including fertilizing the seas with iron, scattering






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US Announces New Spending For Further Health Care Research
New spending, emerging from the 787-billion-dollar stimulus package, has been made public as Congress discusses an extensive renovation of the US health


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Building A Case For 'Survival Of The Kindest'
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish.






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